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A white serving container filled with homemade strawberry syrup.

Easy Strawberry Syrup

This easy strawberry syrup recipe is so easy to make! It lasts in your fridge as fresh syrup for a long time but can also be frozen or canned to enjoy all year long.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Serving Size 3 1/2 pints

Ingredients

  • 6 cups strawberries mashed
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 2 TBS lemon juice
  • 1 TBS vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Combine 6 cups of mashed strawberries in a large stockpot with sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract.
  • Bring the berry mixture to a hard boil, turn down and boil gently for 15 minutes.
  • If freezing cool and ladle into freezer containers.
  • To can your syrup ladle it into half pint or pint-sized canning jars leaving 1/2 inch of headroom.
  • Remove air bubbles by running a spatula around the inside edge of the jar. Wipe the jar rims clean and place lids on finger tight. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes or according to your altitude.

Notes

You can easily make this sauce thicker by cooking it for a longer time, if you like a thinner sauce then reduce the cooking time.
If you prefer sauce without pieces of strawberries then blend the strawberries up in a blender or food processor before cooking.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 51kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Sugar: 12g

These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.